Hardly anybody got sentences of 5 years and those that did were convicted of violently attacking law enforcement. For example—
Michael Steven Perkins, 40, of Plant City, Florida, was sentenced to 48 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release. He was found guilty of, among other charges, assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and civil disorder
Salvador Sandoval, Jr., 26, of Ankeny, Iowa, was sentenced to 88 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000. He was found guilty of four counts of assaulting Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers, one count of obstruction of an official proceeding and one count of civil disorder.
Thomas F. Sibick, 37, of Buffalo, New York, was sentenced to 50 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $7,500.79. Sibick pleaded guilty to one felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and one misdemeanor count of theft.
Christopher Michael Alberts, 35, of Pylesville, Maryland, was sentenced to 84 months in prison after being convicted of nine charges—including six felonies—as well as 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000.
Audrey Ann Southard-Rumsey, 54, of Spring Hill, Florida, was sentenced to 72 months in prison after she was found guilty of seven felony charges, including three counts of assaulting officers. She was also given 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000.
Kevin James Lyons, 40, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 51 months in prison after being convicted of six charges, including one felony and five misdemeanors. He was also given 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000.
Kyle Fitzsimons, 39, of Lebanon, Maine, was sentenced to 87 months in prison after he was convicted of 11 charges, including seven felonies, as well as 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000
Barry Bennet Ramey, 39, of Plantation, Florida, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 after being found guilty of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, as well as several misdemeanors.